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幼
幼
Translingual
Han character
幼 (radical 52 幺+2, 5 strokes, cangjie input 女戈大尸 (VIKS), four-corner 24727, composition ⿰幺力)
References
- KangXi: page 342, character 2
- Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 9193
- Dae Jaweon: page 650, character 9
- Hanyu Da Zidian: volume 2, page 1093, character 7
- Unihan data for U+5E7C
Chinese
|
simp. and trad. |
幼 | |
|---|---|---|
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˋ
- Wade-Giles: yu4
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: yow
- IPA (key): /i̯oʊ̯⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, Beijing)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Jyutping: jau3
- Yale: yau
- Cantonese Pinyin: jau3
- IPA (key): /jɐu̯³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)+
- Hakka
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
- Hakka Romanization System: iu
- Hagfa Pinyim: yiu4
- IPA: /i̯u⁵⁵/
- (Southern Sixian, incl. Meinong)
- Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yu
- Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu
- Hagfa Pinyim: yiu4
- IPA: /(j)i̯u⁵⁵/
- (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
- Min Nan
- (Hokkien)
- Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iù
- Tâi-lô: iù
- Phofsit Daibuun: iux
- IPA (Xiamen): /iu²¹/
- IPA (Quanzhou): /iu⁴¹/
- IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu²¹/
- IPA (Taipei): /iu¹¹/
- IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²¹/
- (Hokkien)
| Rime | |
|---|---|
| Character | 幼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 影 (34) |
| Final (韻) | 幽 (138) |
| Tone (調) | Departing (H) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 伊謬切 |
| Reconstructions | |
| Zhengzhang Shangfang |
/ʔiɪuH/ |
| Pan Wuyun |
/ʔɨuH/ |
| Shao Rongfen |
/ʔieuH/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank |
/ʔjiwH/ |
| Li Rong |
/ʔiĕuH/ |
| Wang Li |
/iəuH/ |
| Bernard Karlgren |
/ʔieuH/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex |
yòu |
| Baxter-Sagart system 1.1 (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 幼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Modern Beijing (Pinyin) |
yòu |
| Middle Chinese |
‹ ʔjiwH › |
| Old Chinese |
/*[ʔ](r)iw-s/ |
| English | young |
Notes for Old Chinese notations in the Baxter-Sagart system: * Parentheses "()" indicate uncertain presence; | |
| Zhengzhang system (2003) | |
|---|---|
| Character | 幼 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15646 |
| Phonetic component |
幼 |
| Rime group |
幽 |
| Rime subdivision |
2 |
| Corresponding MC rime |
幼 |
| Old Chinese |
/*qrɯws/ |
Definitions
幼
Japanese
Kanji
幼
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Readings
Compounds
Korean
Hanja
幼 • (yu) (hangeul 유, revised yu, McCune-Reischauer yu)
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Vietnamese
Han character
幼 (ấu, âu)
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Etymology
| Historical forms of the character 幼
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| Oracle bone script | Bronze inscriptions | Bamboo and silk script | Large seal script | Small seal script |
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| Characters in the same phonetic series (幼) (Zhengzhang, 2003) | |
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| Old Chinese | |
| 黝 | *qliw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 坳 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws |
| 軪 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯːws |
| 眑 | *qrɯːw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 拗 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws |
| 鴢 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qɯːwʔ |
| 靿 | *qrɯːwʔ, *qrɯːws |
| 狕 | *qrɯːwʔ |
| 袎 | *qrɯːws |
| 怮 | *qɯːw, *qrɯw, *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 窈 | *qiːwʔ |
| 苭 | *qɯːwʔ |
| 泑 | *qrɯw, *qrɯwʔ |
| 呦 | *qrɯw |
| 蚴 | *qrɯwʔ |
| 幼 | *qrɯws |